May 19 (GMM) An initially innocuous 'tweet' by a Swiss test driver has stirred up a controversy involving the championship-leading team Red Bull.
Neel Jani wrote on his Twitter account this week that he "really worked my neck out" on Sunday during a 400 kilometre test at the wheel of the RB7.The test is believed to have taken place at the Idiada venue in Spain.The 27-year-old's comment raised eyebrows because the only testing allowed during the season is to be conducted in a straight line, but Jani said his neck was twinged due to "high speed cornering".The offending tweets have been deleted.A Red Bull spokesperson denied to f1fanatic.co.uk that Jani's test broke the rules."We did not complete high speed cornering and tested within the permitted regulations -- which is an aero test carried out on FIA approved straight line or constant radius sites," the spokesperson said.Red Bull also claimed Jani did not write the tweets himself.
